Title: Women of Brewster Place

Date: 1989

Media type: Television

Category: Families in Society, Parenting

Keywords: family demographics, parenting styles

Rating: NR

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: From the novel by Gloria Naylor, follows the life of Mattie Michael from her parental home to life on Brewster Place in Chicago of the 1960s. Focuses on single-parenting and women’s networks of social support. Addresses issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality.

Places to view: Youtube

Contributor: Libby Balter Blume, PhD, CFLE